English Explanatory Dictionary

treble

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music.
  2. Threefold, triple.
adv
  1. Trebly; triply.
noun
  1. The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
  2. A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
  3. The highest tuned in a ring of bells.
  4. Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
  5. A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
  6. A drink with three portions of alcohol; a triple
  7. Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
  8. Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
  9. A win in the top league, top national cup and top continental cup in the same season.
verb
  1. To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.
  2. To become multiplied by three or increased threefold.
  3. To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
  4. To utter in a treble key; to whine.
noun
  1. Alternative form of tribble (“frame for drying paper”).

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹɛbəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-treble.wav

Word forms

treble trebles trebling trebled

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English treble, from Old French treble, from Latin triplus. Doublet of triple.

Synonyms

high-pitched strident tern ternary threefold treble triadic trinary trine triple thrice thricely trebly triply triplicate keen screech shrill

Antonyms

deep third tripartition trisect

Derived words

treble C treble clef treble-heading treble hook treble recorder treble staff

Translations

French: triplé Galician: triplete German: Triple Portuguese: triplete Spanish: triplete
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